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Tablet and Chromebook Shipments Continued to Decline in Q3 Amidst Ongoing Market Headwinds, According to IDC Tracker

November 1, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide tablet shipments were down 8.8% year over year in the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22), totaling 38.6 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This was the fifth straight quarter of decline for the tablet market. Chromebook shipments also struggled in 3Q22, falling to … Read more

Omdia: Global Smartphone Shipments See Worrying 7.6% Fall from the Previous Year, with Chinese OEMs Taking the Biggest Hit

November 1, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

The latest Omdia smartphone preliminary shipment report for the third quarter of 2022 shows that global smartphone shipments totaled 301.2 million units. This marks a decrease of 7.6% compared to the same period last year, but a 2.5% increase compared to the previous quarter. Major set OEMs in China recorded the greatest negative growth, compared … Read more

Skyworth Digital Technology Broadens its RDK Content Offering through the NetRange Smart TV Portal for RDK

November 1, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

NetRange MMH GmbH, an ACCESS company and a global provider of white-labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, and Skyworth Digital Technology, have announced that the NetRange Smart TV Portal for RDK and the NetFront™ Browser BE have been selected to provide global content services through Skyworth RDK set-top boxes. RDK is a powerful open … Read more

No more from Apple in 2022 – Gurman

November 1, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple-watcher, Mark Gurman has said that there will be no further new Apple products this year, despite previous rumours. He expects M2-based MacBook Pro models with 14″ and 16″ displays in the the first quarter of 2023 when macOS Ventura 13.3 and iOS 16.3 launch. Gurman quotes comments from Apple executives about … Read more

Mid-week Links – Week Ending 4th November 2022

November 1, 2022 by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the middle of this week. DTG updates D-Book An internet full of data in one second…. Strategy Analytics: vivo Topped China Smartphone Market in Q3 2022 Leyard gets approval for digital cinema LED display … Read more

DSCC Supply Chain Conference: Outlook and Issues for the TV and IT Market

November 1, 2022 by Sweta Dash

Display market outlook and issues were discussed at DSCC’s “The 2022 Global Display Supply Chain Dynamics & Technology Conference” on October 19th. It gave a glimpse of what is happening in the current market and what to expect in next few years. Flat Panel display Market Slowed Down in 2022 According to Bob O’Brien’s ‘Display … Read more

Samsung’s Profits Decline But Display Sets Profit Record

December 21, 2022November 1, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC dug into the recent Samsung Q3 results and trends. (Samsung Electronics Down but Still Makes $7.65 billion). After looking at overall revenues and semiconductors the firm analysed the results for the different divisions over time. Samsung’s inventory was already high at the end of Q2 but increased further in Q3. Samsung … Read more

Daktronics Offers ‘Light Mitigation’

October 31, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Daktronics put out a press release that highlighted that it is able to supply ‘light mitigation’ technology that can help where light spilling from large LEDs under the name LightDirect. The technology uses special louvres to block the light emission in unwanted directions. Daktronics said that it also offers site-specific light emissions … Read more

Exhibitions: TDK Showcases Smart Glasses Equipped with Ultra-Compact Full Color Laser Module at Major Exhibitions

October 31, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

TDK Corporation will display first-of-its-kind smart glasses equipped with the world’s smallest class* ultra-compact full-color laser module (FCLM) under development by TDK during CEATEC 2022. The demonstration will showcase how projection is made possible for both eyes of the laser direct retinal projection glasses using the FCLM, overcoming the long-standing issue of displays with a … Read more

iPhone Assembly Hit by Covid Lockdown

October 31, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Economist said that videos have been made of workers fleeing a huge iPhone-assembly plant in Zhengzhou, in central China, after the facility was locked down to contain a covid-19 outbreak. Reuters has quoted ‘A person with direct knowledge of the matter’ as saying that 30% of production of iPhones could be lost … Read more

Microsoft Hololens Progress Reviewed

October 31, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The WSJ looked at the history of the development of Microsoft’s Hololens project. The paper said that more than 100 members of staff have left the team (which has been over a 1,000 at times) in the last two years as Microsoft trimmed the budget. Some staff believe that Microsoft could have … Read more

Links Week Starting 31st October 2022

October 31, 2022 by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. For the next couple of weeks, we will have more links and fewer/shorter articles because of Bob’s vacation. Westcoast creates €5.5bn powerhouse as it merges with German KOMSA … Read more